Some People Have Raised Concerns About the Current Laws Regulating

question 36

Multiple Choice

Some people have raised concerns about the current laws regulating the use of federal funds to pay for abortions because they

• A)create a system in which women with means to pay have more access to abortions than poor women do.
• B)do not clearly define and protect the personhood of unborn fetuses.
• C)make it too easy for poor women to receive state funds to pay for their abortions.
• D)violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

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Definitions:

Polypeptide Chain

A series of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds, forming part of or the whole primary structure of a protein.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it serves as a template for protein synthesis.

Ribosome

A cellular organelle composed of RNA and proteins, found throughout the cytoplasm in cells, which is involved in decoding the mRNA to produce proteins.

Nucleic Acid Bases

The parts of DNA and RNA molecules that carry genetic information, specifically adenine, thymine (in DNA), cytosine, guanine, and uracil (in RNA).